Symptoms of Plague

General information about symptoms of Plague:
The symptom information on this page
attempts to provide a list of some possible symptoms of Plague.
This symptom information has been gathered from various sources,
may not be fully accurate,
and may not be the full list of symptoms of Plague.
Furthermore, symptoms of Plague may vary on an individual basis for each patient.
Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of symptoms and whether they
are indeed symptoms of Plague.

List of symptoms of Plague:
The list of symptoms
mentioned in various sources
for Plague includes:

Symptoms of Plague:
The
typical sign of the most common form of human plague is a swollen and
very tender lymph gland, accompanied by pain. The swollen gland is called
a "bubo." Bubonic plague should be suspected when a person develops
a swollen gland, fever, chills, headache, and extreme exhaustion, and
has a history of possible exposure to infected rodents, rabbits, or fleas.
A person usually becomes ill with bubonic plague 2 to 6 days after being
infected.

When bubonic plague
is left untreated, plague bacteria invade the bloodstream. As the plague
bacteria multiply in the bloodstream, they spread rapidly throughout the
body and cause a severe and often fatal condition. Infection of the lungs
with the plague bacterium causes the pneumonic form of plague, a severe
respiratory illness. The infected person may experience high fever, chills,
cough, and breathing difficulty and may expel bloody sputum. If plague
patients are not given specific antibiotic therapy, the disease can progress
rapidly to death. About 14% (1 in 7) of all plague cases in the United
States are fatal.1

Pneumonic plague:
fever, chills, cough and difficulty breathing; rapid shock and death
if not treated early

2

There are three forms of plague. Symptoms of bubonic
plague include enlarged, tender lymph nodes, fever, chills and
prostration; septicemic plague symptoms include fever,
chills, prostration, abdominal pain, shock, and bleeding into skin and
other organs; and pneumonic plague symptoms include
fever, chills, cough, difficulty breathing, and rapid shock and death if
not treated early.
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More symptoms of Plague:
In addition to the above information, to get a full picture
of the possible symptoms of this condition
and its related conditions,
it may be necessary to examine symptoms
that may be
caused by complications of Plague,
underlying causes of Plague,
associated conditions for Plague,
risk factors for Plague, or other related conditions.

Medical articles on symptoms: These general reference articles may be of interest:

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